May 29, 2009 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website.
 |  | | | | | |  | | U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, a new report of a CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force, outlines steps the United States should take to reduce nuclear weapons. Listen to a discussion of the report by Task Force co-chairs William Perry and Brent Scowcroft here, read the transcript here. Op-ed: "How to Reduce the Nuclear Threat," by William Perry, Brent Scowcroft, and Charles Ferguson (Wall Street Journal)
CFR Workshop Transcript: "What Should Be Done in the Near Term to Strengthen the Nonproliferation Regime?" with Dennis Gormley, Lawrence Scheinman, Henry Sokolski, Paul Lettow, and Charles Ferguson CFR Workshop Transcript: "What Is Needed to Ensure the Long Term Survival of the Nonproliferation Regime?" with Jonathan Granoff, Jan Lodal, and Charles Ferguson CFR Workshop Transcript: "What is the Overall Health of the Nonproliferation Regime?" with Joseph Cirincioni, Scott Sagan, and Charles Ferguson Council Special Report: Deterring State Sponsorship of Nuclear Terrorism, by Michael Levi CFR Meeting Transcript, Audio, Video: "Strengthening The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime," with Charles Ferguson, Paul Lettow, Christopher Ford, and Henry Sokolski CFR experts on Proliferation | | | | | | | | |  | | Geithner Travels to China On the eve of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's trip to China, CFR's Center for Geoeconomic Studies released a new analysis of foreign exchange reserves in the "BRIC" countries, Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Read more Issue Guide: China and the global financial crisis Working Paper: "China's $1.5 Trillion Bet--Understanding China's External Portfolio," by Brad Setser and Arpana Pandey CFR Meeting Transcript, Audio: "Reforming Global Finance--The Squam Lake Papers," with Martin Baily, Kenneth French, Matthew Slaughter, and Sebastian Mallaby Working Paper: "A Systemic Regulator for Financial Markets," by the Squam Lake Working Group on Financial Regulation Contingency Planning Memorandum: "If the U.S. Dollar Plummets," by Brad Setser Foreign Affairs Article, Podcast: "The G-2 Mirage--Why the United States and China Are Not Ready to Upgrade Ties," by Elizabeth Economy and Adam Segal Council Special Report: Lessons of the Financial Crisis, by Benn Steil Interactive Timeline: The global economy in crisis Council Special Report: Sovereign Wealth and Sovereign Power--The Strategic Consequences of American Indebtedness, by Brad Setser
CFR experts on Economics | | | | | The World Next Week Podcast | | | The World Next Week is an audio preview of world events in the week ahead. Presented by CFR.org's acting editor Robert McMahon and Foreign Affairs' managing editor Gideon Rose, it is one of CFR.org's most popular podcasts. Listen to the Friday, May 29 podcast by clicking here. | | | | | | Contingency Planning Memorandum on Iraq | | | In a second Contingency Planning Memorandum by CFR's Center for Preventative Action (CPA), Senior Fellow for Defense Policy Stephen Biddle assesses four interrelated scenarios in Iraq that could potentially derail peace and stability. Titled "Reversal in Iraq," the memorandum argues that slowing the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq will be less costly both politically and militarily in the long run. | | | | | | CFR Experts in the News | | | Venezuela (5/28): Shannon O'Neil discusses crime and violence in Venezuela, on ForeignPolicy.com. U.S. Strategy and Politics (5/27): Michael Gerson argues that Republicans should be listening to Colin Powell, in the Washington Post. Democracy Promotion (6/1): Steven Cook discusses "clumsy" democracy promotion in Egypt, in Newsweek International. International Finance (5/26): Sebastian Mallaby argues that China's ideas on international finance are mostly muddled, in the Washington Post. Egypt (5/26): Thomas Lippman argues that Cairo's Al Azhar mosque would be the ideal location for President Obama's speech, in the Washington Times. South Korea (5/23): Scott Snyder remembers the idealism of Korean president Roh Moo-hyun, on GlobalSecurity.org. Human Rights (5/22): Max Boot argues, "on the whole, President Obama is formulating sensible, centrist national-security policies," on National Review Online. Congress (5/20): Stephen Sestanovich discusses the Jackson-Vanik amendment and its role in defining American policy toward the Soviet Union, in the New York Times. International Finance (5/17): Sebastian Mallaby warns that the international tensions of the 1930s were not just about trade, in the Washington Post. North Korea (5/16): Scott Snyder analyzes what North Korea has said about prospects for renewed diplomacy with the U.S., on GlobalSecurity.org. | | | | | |
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